Manual Email Archive Migrations Time Wasters

 Manual Email Archive migrations are hugely time consuming and come attached with great risk if not handled correctly. Archiving platforms rarely have sophisticated native tools aimed at extracting mass volumes of data, or indeed multiple user archives at the same time. This means that some poor soul has to laboriously extract each individual user archive and potentially store it in some intermediary format to upload to the destination archive.

“We’ve seen attempts at manual migration go horribly wrong, taking years and years and even then the business is left with a mess of scattered archive data, with little control or proof that their data was handled correctly, as well as some very unhappy users. The costs of conducting a proper archive migration pale into insignificance when compared to the legal costs associated with “lost” emails in the face of litigation. We would always advise use of appropriate migration software for your data and migration requirements, used or assisted by a partner with experience of overseeing successful projects. Quite often, this decision is taken as a result of looking at the costs associated with large scale archive migration, especially when this aspect might represent only a tiny fraction of the overall email migration or migration to the cloud in general.”

However, when those tasked with undertaking the project discover the details of what is required, they are usually forced to revisit the decision to conduct the project without the assistance of migration software and a competent service delivery partner.

Proper Data Tools A Neccessity

“ Without a proper software solution, with the crucial migration database underpinning it, it can be very difficult to prove chain-of-custody, which can be a necessity for heavily regulated businesses that need to prove compliance after a migration.”

- Richard Marshall, TransVault, Channel Sales Director, The Americas

Using certified migration companies to deliver the migrations will alleviate the typical resource constraints that are found in today’s narrow IT teams. If you're considering a manual approach to your email migration, think about what obstacles you will encounter. 

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